Hare Krishna

[ hahr-ee krish-nuh, har-ee ]

noun

1. a religious sect based on Vedic scriptures, whose followers engage in joyful congregational chanting of Krishna's name: founded in the U.S. in 1966.

Hare Krishna

/ ˈhɑːrɪ ˈkrɪʃnə /

noun

1. a Hindu sect devoted to a form of Hinduism ( Krishna Consciousness ) based on the worship of the god Krishna
2. Hare Krishnas a member or follower of this sect

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hare Krishna¹

From chanted phrase Hare Krishna! < Hindi harē kṛṣṇā O Krishna!

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hare Krishna¹

C20: from Hindi, literally: Lord Krishna (vocative): the opening words of a sacred verse often chanted in public by adherents of the movement

Example Sentences

Justine Payton was drawn to a Hare Krishna ashram for its cheap yoga and volunteer work.

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A few days before Christmas in 2020, quarantined with Covid in the basement of a Hare Krishna ashram in Philadelphia, Justine Payton admitted to herself how bad things had gotten.

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Ms. Payton had moved to Philadelphia to help open the Mantra Lounge meditation center at the behest of Mangal-arti’s “spiritual master,” Devamrita Swami, a New York-born, Yale-educated leader in the Hare Krishna movement.

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After Mangal-arti, who had no formal medical or psychological training, told her she had borderline personality disorder, she said, she had begun to doubt her own instincts about even the most basic facts of her existence, doubts that reflected Hare Krishna teachings about not relying on one’s own emotions.

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The Hare Krishna movement seemed to answer her deepest questions.

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